Associate software engineer Jobs in Seattle, WA

Product-Minded Software Engineer

Location: Onsite – Seattle, WA (Chicago, IL optional)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Company: Confidential / Our Client
Industry: Supply Chain & Manufacturing Software
Stage: Series A | ~$6M Funded | Early Team (~5 employees)

About the Role

Our client is seeking a high-caliber, product-minded software engineer to join a small, elite founding team. This role is for an engineer who thrives in early-stage environments, takes extreme ownership, and enjoys building real systems that customers depend on.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You will work closely with founders, product, and customers to design, build, and scale core platform functionality. If you are looking for a management role, heavy process, or large-team structure, this role will not be a fit.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and ship core product features end-to-end

• Own critical systems across the stack with accountability for quality and performance

• Build and maintain API integrations, including integrations with ERP and operations systems

• Partner cross-functionally with product, operations, and customers to translate real-world problems into scalable solutions

• Improve platform reliability, performance, and developer experience as the system scales

• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, or risks and proactively drive solutions without being asked

• Contribute to technical direction, architecture decisions, and engineering standards

Experience

• 3+ years of professional experience as a software engineer

• Prior experience at a high-bar, fast-growing startup or similarly rigorous technical environment

• Background at a Tier-1 VC-backed company strongly preferred

• Demonstrated track record of fast growth, increased ownership, or promotions

• Experience working on production systems used by real customers

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from a Top-30 university or equivalent technical rigor

Technical Skills

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and system design skills

• Experience across the modern web stack, ideally including:

  • TypeScript (strongly preferred)

  • React and/or Next.js

  • Python or Go

• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and third-party systems

• Prior exposure to ERP, supply chain, manufacturing, or operations platforms is a strong plus

Product & Collaboration Skills

• Highly product-driven mindset — understands customer workflows and business impact

• Comfortable working directly with customers and stakeholders

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to operate autonomously while collaborating closely with a small team

• Bias toward action, ownership, and execution

Eligibility & Location Requirements

• U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder required

• Willing and excited to work onsite in Seattle, WA (Chicago, IL optional depending on role fit)

Nice to Have

• Genuine interest in supply chains, manufacturing, or hardware-adjacent industries

• Experience working on early-stage products from zero to scale

• Evidence of shipping complex systems rather than isolated features

What We’re Not Looking For

• Candidates with frequent job changes (multiple roles under one year)

• Recently transitioned managers who are not fully committed to being hands-on ICs

• Engineers with weak technical fundamentals or reliance on legacy / low-bar stacks

• Candidates who require constant direction instead of owning problems end-to-end

Why Join Our Client

• Work directly with founders and influence core product decisions

• Own meaningful systems from day one

• High impact, low bureaucracy, real customer problems

• Opportunity to grow rapidly with the company as it scales

TopTech Talent is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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